The list of 8 clubs that have qualified for the last 16 of the 2023-2024 Europa League is known. The British representatives were the most successful in winning tickets to the last 16 of the 2023-2024 Europa League directly, namely West Ham United, Brighton & Hove Albion, and Liverpool.
As is known, the 2023-2024 Europa League group phase just ended in the early hours of this morning, Friday (15/12/2023). 16 matches have been played and finally 8 teams have been identified as group winners.
Only the group winners have the right to qualify directly for the last 16 of the 2023-2024 Europa League. Meanwhile, second place must go through the playoffs to be able to appear in the last 16 and third place will go down to the 2023-2024 European Conference League.
With these requirements, it is not surprising that group winners are so important in the early rounds of the 2023-2024 Europa League. After a long journey, now eight teams have successfully become champions in their respective groups.
Interestingly, England has sent the most representatives to the last 16 so far, namely three teams. West Ham won Group A, while Brighton finished first in Group B, and finally Liverpool took control of Group E.
In this way, all English representatives who played in the 2023-2024 Europa League group phase successfully became group winners and have the right to qualify directly for the last 16. While the rest came from various competitions.
Like Rangers FC, Atalanta, Villarreal, Slavia Prague, and Bayer Leverkusen. Later, the eight teams will wait for eight more teams whose slots will be contested for second place in the 2023-2024 Europa League group phase vs third place in this season’s Champions League.
The draw for the top 16 playoffs for the 2023-2024 Europa League will take place on December 18 2023. Meanwhile the matches will start on 15 and 22 February 2024.
The following is a list of 8 clubs that have qualified for the top 16 of the 2023-2024 Europa League:
West Ham United (England)
Brighton & Hove Albion (England)
Rangers FC (Scotland)
Atalanta (Italy)
Liverpool (England)
Villarreal (Spain)
Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)
Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)